Everything GREAT About Mulan!
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- Опубліковано 4 вер 2020
- Mulan 2020 is out! And it will only cost you a kidney to see! I guess it's not that bad. We're all trying to adapt. But it felt like a good time to go back to the original 1998 version and see what's up, what's good, what's happenin'. Here's everything right with Mulan!
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Do you though? 😆
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Huge missed win: Mulan's pet was named "little brother". As in, the little brother she never got, and the son the family never had. I never noticed it before watching these clips just now.
Interestingly, the Ballad of Mulan tells that Hua Mulan had a little brother, but by the time the war began, he was too young to serve. That’s why her old father was mandated to go to war (each household must contribute a male to go to war), which is why she decided to go replace him. The little brother reappeared again in Hua Mulan’s homecoming from war, apparently ready to slaughter animals for the feast.
@@alexanderchristopher6237 thanks for the fun fact.
Oh yeah
@@alexanderchristopher6237 Mulan also had an elder sister who did not go to war for her father. It might be because she was already married but we will never know for sure.
Woah
You didn’t win “yeah the only girl who loves him is his mother”
I was surprised
I was going to comment that. Should've been an extra win
It is hilarious.
I've seen a heartwarming theory that he was actually talking about his small daughter in that line. And you could spin an entire character study for Chi Fu and how he treats Mulan out of that premise.
There were so many great lines that he didn’t win. This one included
SHE DOESN'T EVEN GET ON HER KNEES FOR THE EMPORER BUT TO HER FATHER. Shortage of the world's trees to wipe these tears away.
When the Emperor bows to Mulan, I'd say the mountain bows to the change of time. After all, nothing levels a mountain like centuries of erosion. And it's a metaphor that the emperor recognizes that times are changing, and one day the old ways will be obsolete.
@DragonLovingGirl6 Just like a Taoist! I never noticed that! Cool!
They adapt _because_ they're obsolete. It's either that or be discarded.
DAMN that’s a good analysis!
Another interesting part of "A Girl Worth Fighting For" is that that's the last song in the entire film. This transfers the movie from being a happy musical to a serious war when they finally realize the stakes.
When Mulan and the guys infiltrate the palace to save the Emperor, there is a reprise of Be A Man.
@@imveryangryitsnotbutter *make a man out of you*
@@imveryangryitsnotbutter yeah but that's more a part of the score than a song in a musical sense
Oh shit I never realized it that no one broke into song after that
@@mayas3422 I always consider that part as self-encouragement, pep talk before a battle they may lose.
"How many men are necessary to deliver a message?" Is the kind of line that went over my head as a kid and now it terrifies me.
@Milena Shvedova I suspect it's the first...
The fact that the archer knew exactly what he meant implies that they are regularly this brutal.
He knew that those 2 were terrified enough to ensure the gravity of the situation was understood. He just wanted to go a little further to sate that twisted sense of his. The fact that he grins as he asks shows that he's at least mildly entertained.
As chilling as your interpretation is, I think its reading a little too much into it.
@Milena Shvedova well ma'am I'm just glad I could help.
*tips hat like a cowboy*
SAME as a kid I never realized that he was basically ordering the archer to kill one of those men and when I did realize I was really shocked
I watched it in the cinema when I was 9, it was the first time I heard an entire theatre gasp in horror.
Kam FR when I was small I never noticed it but now I’m like oh shit 😳
Win for the line "Yeah, the only girl who'd love him is his mother". One of the sickest burns in a Disney movie
I have to say I was surprised he didn't mention that one, although he may have subconsciously brushed it aside when he thought of the joke he used in the video.
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In french it was something that can be translated to "-a pretty girl's waiting for me since almost 40 years.
- since all this time she's probably toothless now"
Sorry for the broken english.
@@cepahreinholt8710 Bro, you’re (at least) bilingual, don’t apologize for that! French dubs are always terrific, I love it
@@cepahreinholt8710 lol
"Who's going to bear all your sons if they only bear sons, Ancient China, huh?" A problem that is still surprisingly prevalent in modern China, in part due to the (now-redacted) one child policy. Families tended to want sons so daughters were given up for adoption or, horrendously, abandoned to die. Now China has a very skewed male to female ratio...
meaning in part a very large (that shouldn't be) number of men who won't find wives, and that's only one consequence out of many caused by the skewed ratio
My friend lets call her Lila
Lila has a OLDER brother
Lila and her brother were born in China so because of her being born and the one child polic they had to move to Canada
That happened to me. I was a second female child to a Chinese family, so they brought me to an adoption center.
@@justarandomartist6502 same, although idk if they left me because of the same reason or because they didn't want kids, according to the adoption papers I was found by a police man near a dumpster on a low crowded street 🤷
Well that sure came back to bite them in the arse.
"No matter how the wind howls, the mountain cannot bow to it."
Can we give the emperor like ten more wins for this line? Held captive at sword-point and certain he's going to die in the next minute, he uses what he expects to be his last words to low-key call the GENERAL OF THE INVADING ARMY a blowhard.
I always just took it as him basically saying "go fuck yourself", but yours is good too 😂😉
While for sure that's what Disney wanted to do, I always saw it more as a metaphor of the two of them: The Huns and their general have proven to be an unstoppable force like the wind, but the emperor is an unmovable object like a mountain. So when they meet, it's the classic "an unstoppable force meets an unmovable object". Neither of them will surrender and they both know it. The emperor will die before he bows to the Huns, and Shan-yu will die before he surrenders to the Emperor.
@@NeroCM Definitely. Fully agree
And then extra wins because when Shang shows back up to fight Shan-Yu, the Emperor just calmly fucks off out of frame, barely batting an eye.
Unless it's an unnaturally sized tornado bigger than a mountain
Shan-Yu's sword *is* too heavy for Mulan. You can still swing a too-heavy sword around and work with the weight and momentum to gain graceful arcs. But you're not going to be able to feint, it's going to tire you out immensely to use it in a real fight and it's going to imbalance you at crucial moments.
Mulan is taken off guard by how heavy the sword is when she first uses it to cut the rope, leading to her overcommitting and leaving the sword stuck in a pillar. When she manages to disarm Shan-Yu, she's prepared for the weight of the sword and still needs a second to wind up the acceleration of the blade to twirl it around. Compare to Shan-Yu who could swing it around like a machete.
I bet that sword was only a few pounds.
Austin Ellison Swords are heavy as shit like I didn’t realize how heavy they are. I work out a lot and they’re really heavy
@@clp275 Okay, but they're still only a few pounds. The 83 inch Zweihander can be up to 15 pounds, but an arming sword can be only 2.5 pounds.
All I am saying is that they're only a few pounds.
@@austinellison3766 This sword was eh probably more like 4-7 pounds, considering Mulan is actually like 5'4"ish. She's pretty tiny, but at least has enough strength to leap and kick a dude way bigger than her in the chin and floor em... so if she's struggling to lift it, (and you can just tell by the design and shape of the sword) the sword is likely a lot heavier than a standard european arming sword. Just pretty cool that she gets the hang of the weight and is able to wield it gracefully after that first swing.
@@clunkwestweed4541Ah yes, Mulan. I agree. Kinda forgot about her. The sword though, pretty cool, and is ~4-7 pounds.
one thing i love about this movie that no one else seems to notice is how Mulan is implied to *be* the great stone dragon. How she sits under the statue is an obvious one, then the dragon when she prays to her ancestors, the literal dragon on the tomb (i dont know what theyre called sorry), then the transition to the painted dragon that mulan passes, the sword she uses has a dragon on the hilt, and when she pulls it out it shows her reflection in the blade, the dragon handles on the closet to her father's suit of armor, once again another shot of her with the sword, then finally the dragon at the tomb glows its eyes. This is all speculation, but I think the reason the great stone dragon doesn't awaken is because Mulan is the dragon. Even if not, there's so much dragon symbolism in this part that it cant be ignored.
Yeah I always tell my family and friends about this!
That’s also why Mushu couldn’t wake up the great stone dragon. Because it was Mulan and she was already gone
Ooo I love that theory!!
Fun fact: The “Ah mi tofu” at 5:05 actually means “Buddha be with you” in Chinese and Buddhist languages.
That exact same chant shows up in the Lion Turtle scenes in Avatar
Right, it's 阿彌陀佛, the first three characters "a mi tuo" are just a transliteration of Sanskrit "Amita" (limitless, boundless) and the last character "fo" means Buddha. The phrase refers to the Amithaba buddha.
Shan Yu isn’t the most memorable Disney villain but I can sure say he’s one of the most intimidating. Dude don’t play.
She's the great dragon.
In the montage where she's taking the armor and leaving, there's depictions of dragons everywhere, and later, when Mushu tries to wake it up, the statue breaks.
This is because the great dragon is no longer there.
Mulan is the dragon that protects her family.
Whoa
Thank you for the knowledge ! :)
Oh my god I never caught that! That‘s amazing!
Holy CRAP.
Ooh cool! :03
Fun fact: Jackie Chan sang the Cantonese and Mandarin versions of "I'll Make a Man Out of You." They even made music videos for them.
Fuck that guy
@@thisanailen5274 what the fuck is wrong with you
Jackie Chan irresponsible father big time ccp ass kisser just like the lead actress.
AR FiNESSE apparently it was in his book how he was a bad father in his younger years
Thisanailen he fucking plays good roles
"She's from a different dynasty, you wouldn't know her."
Best joke ever made.
Can we just win Shan Yu's voice actor and how he perfectly nails his alreafy badass lines with his menacing tone?
He gave Shan Yu's voice 2 wins!
Miguel Ferrer is a great actor. He was on NCIS:LA and his character died when he did of throat cancer. He was only 49 years old
@@abigaildeeks8328 RIP Miguel Ferrer.
Why no win for Shan Yu's comment?
"The soldier from the mountains."
Shan Yu didn't care that Mulan was a woman. He just thought the imperial army were ok with allowing women to fight.
I think there's something about nomadic, tribal cultures being more equal in terms of gender, like the Huns/Mongols, Vikings etc, likely due to the harsh conditions that they live in and hence valuing every person in the community to fill up whatever role they are best at, men and women alike. Therefore it wasn't uncommon that women took up positions in the army and fought alongside men. His reaction was actually historically accurate.
While I'm all for the explanation that he thinks a mixed gender military is normal, there's also the possibility that he thought she was also a crossdressing male.
@@BonaparteBardithion ...y'know, considering how they got into the palace to do that rescue.....
@@juliansenfr which is why he's my preferred disney villain. He wasn't sexist unlike the imperial army. The moment Mulan tied her hair back, Shan-yu was shocked that the soldier who obliterated his army was alive and was standing right in front of him.
He didn't even bother finishing off Shang. To him, Mulan was the greater threat.
@@juliansenfr Mongols I know for a fact about, Huns not sure, that women were expected to defend the children (and other women) whenever the main army left for war, bear in mind since they're nomads the "city" often travels with the army just a little bit further back when danger is present, so they're vulnerable on occasion.
There were a few things you missed like how Shan Yu doesn't question mulans gender when she's revealed which suits hunntic/step nomadic cultures since both men and women are warriors in them. And also the swimming scene when mulan puts out her hand she does so in a way like she expected them to kiss it. Which is a pretty neat detail in my opinion.
So, another thing they screwed up in live-action? As the leader of the 'Huns' (I am sorry, I don't remeber their original name there) seems to be suprised by Mulan being a woman warrior.
@@kristyanrichtr8959 They made Shan Yu's inferior replacement in the live action a sexist prick who treats the witch like shit just cuz she's a woman even though nomads didn't treat women on the same crap level as China.
Seriously Disney was this really necessary?
Another reason to add to the list of why the live action version bombed hard.
Also yeah them and overall the West Mongolian culture is all about nomadic lifestyle and pillaging. So having hard working women as much as men is a good thing to have when you need all hands on deck.
Yup. For all he cares, she's the person who killed the majority of his army.
Are they really both warriors? There weren't any women in Shan Yu's army
Appreciate the fact that while men in this era would likely want sons, they didn't write Fa Zhou as someone who was so obsessed with having a son, even going as far as blaming her or treating her unkindly because she wasn't a boy. He genuinely cares about his child and appreciates her as much as any parent should with their child, regardless of gender.
Also, it's a nice fact that Mulan is the Disney princess with the highest kill count.
Fun fact, at the end of the original poem/story of ‘Mulan’ she talks about hare/rabbit and how the male and female are different but when both are running together could you tell/care What their gender. In short what she is saying is that male and females are different but gender is not important when Achieving a goal and working together.
There’s a lack of a win for “HOW CAN YOU MISS.” Arguably the funniest line in the whole movie
...he was three feet in front of you!
I think "and what are you, a sheep?!" comes close second 🤣
“*You missed! How could you miss he was THREE. FEET. FROM YOU!*”
I almost make it a point to use that line as much as possible
I thought that too!
I feel like we're missing several wins for several of the things that came out of Mushu's mouth. "Did you see those Huns?! They popped out of the snow. Like daisies!"
"Dishonor on you! Dishonor on your cow"
"We're in a war man! There's no time for stupid questions! I should have your hat for that. Snatch it right off your head. Now move along before I report you"
"Oh I think my bunny slippers just ran for cover, come on scare me girl!"
"Of course Ping did steal my girlfriend"
"And what are you a sheep?!?"
"You missed! How could you miss he was three feet in front of you!?!"
"but your forgetting "and since we are out of pulpory(sp) it be great if you could bring us some" HEEEELLLLLOOOOO we're in a war, make it sound more urgent please!"
"Ugh what a nasty flavor"
"Stand watch Mushu, while I blow our secret with my stupid girly habits. pshhh Hygiene"
"Myself I kinda like that corn chip smell"
"Let's go kick some Hunny buns!"
"I'm pretty hot huh? Don't make me singe nobody to prove no point."
"My little baby off to destroy people"
I'm probably missed a few, and slightly misquoted some, but yeah I was expecting a lot of Mushu wins
I was surprised that it wasn't a win.
There WERE Feminists in the 1. and 2. Century.
History just made sure to forget them - ON PURPOSE.
No kidding.
@@yorukazato8074 It's "potpourri" but otherwise extremely accurate quoting!
Micho Black yeah and “sign me up for the next war” there should’ve been a lot of Mushu and granny wins 😂
Shan Yu: How many men does it take to deliver a message?
Elite Archer: One
Chills every time..
Fun Fact:
In the German dub, Mushu says: "what. never seen someone drive a Panda before?"
Panda is a sub-category to the car brand Fiat which is sorta common in Germany, especially was around the time this movie came out. So most people including kids would have gotten the joke.
"The greatest gift and honor is having you for a daughter" is possibly the most powerful Disney line ever. As a girl who has always been really close with her father, and how much that has shaped me to be confident, strong, and fiercely myself, this line will always make me tear up.
Also, a nice bit of validation, both on a personal level and a social one.
Matchmaker scolded Mulan earlier in the movie by screaming "YOU WILL NEVER BRING YOUR FAMILY HONOR!!!"
Papa Fa refutes this by quietly proclaiming that "the greatest gift and honor is having YOU for a daughter" and punctuates this by dropping the sword of the enemy and the medallion of the Emperor himself. He is proud of his daughter because he knows why she did it. The symbols of the glory his daughter has won on the battlefield are just that- symbols. Mulan didn't go out there seeking these things. She went to protect her family.
In a way, as another Asian woman would put it (in a galaxy far, far away), Mulan won by saving what she loved- not by fighting what she hated.
@@SamaritanPrime Ah, I love Rose Tico so much
As a girl whose father has never forgiven her for being born a woman, this line makes me hysterically cry every time. The theme of parental love is common in movies, but Mulan expresses it in such a beautiful way.
This line reminded me of my dad so much! Others laughed that he only had daughters (strong European heritage carried over the generations to us in Canada), but my dad never cared. He just wanted the best for me.
“Well, mulan is.....hey a big bottle” my heart melts 😃
Right? He's got a cute lil' one ^_^
I loved that so much! :03
That's like +99 wins
I love the little glimpses of his family life we get in these.
13:40 😊
Honestly, Mulan was the only Disney "princess" I identified with while growing up. At the time, it was the only one that showed a girl enjoying activities other than the stereotypically feminine ones. She wasn't waiting around for a "prince" to save her, which I adored. She was strong, smart and independent despite the fact that everyone around her claimed she needed to be the weak damsel in distress. So yeah, a great role model for little girls like myself at the time. And a great reminder to boys that women are just as powerful and fierce.
I still don’t understand why Nala is not a princess. She’s a Queen!
@@abigaildeeks8328 there you have it, she's a queen!
@@abigaildeeks8328 bc according to the rules of the disney princess lineup, a disney princess must be human (or half-human, in ariel's case)
@jordan bellfort of course it's an animated movie, but it's not like she defeated him in direct combat, she was resourceful and he was pretty beaten up from the avalanche. Not to mention the help from a pet dragon.
@jordan bellfort seriously? Using nature against your enemy, a hand fan, fireworks. His sword was too heavy for her to swing but she still found a way to use it.
You missed a win...
"YOU MISSED?! HOW COULD YOU MISS, IT WAS THREE FEET IN FRONT OF YOU!!!
The part where Chien Po chants "tofu" is a bilingual joke - he's imitating Chinese Buddhists chanting for the protection of Amitabha Buddha, pronounced in Chinese as Amituofo, except he goes Ami...Tofu. I admit it, I chuckled
Fun fact: The Chinese and Cantonese versions of I'll Make A Man Out of You are sung by Jackie Chan.
I'm honestly surprised it wasn't a win, jackie chan is pretty winnable.
I don’t think Chinese is a language
@@unicornsprinkles8964 i mean it is it just has variations
@@maydayredd6137 In my book, Jackie Chan is always a win.
@@maydayredd6137 Although, every time he says the Out of you part in plain Chinese, I always hear it as "pull a shoe".
another really cool detail that i’ve always loved is that when Shan Yu realizes that Mulan is the soldier from the mountain he questions it for half a second then goes back to trying to kill her- he’s only ever known the badass version of her in armor, so why should her appearing in a dress be any less noble of a kill? Such a dope character moment!!!
also PSA Mulan was actually a real person- though she was a pirate who would often pose as a siren in order for her crew to gain access to other ships. also dope character moment.
Huns and other nomad societies were far less sexist to women and women could be soldiers. So women soldiers are normal to Shan Yu.
You missed a few wins there.
3:52 George Takei's beautiful voice. +10 wins.
7:05 "Besides, the little girl will be missing her doll. We should return it to her." Delivered with such menace in his voice and in his smile. Damn, it gives me chills. +10 wins *again.*
12:10 "You can have his job." Still one of my favorite lines in the entire movie. +10 wins *again* again.
When you drop the shampoo bottle in the shower: “Now all of China knows you’re here!”
Lol or the meme I saw where it's like 3am and you are running the mircowave and forget to turn it off before the last buzzer/ding sequence.
Or when you drop 2000 gallons of gasoline and a cigarette into the sewers
@@USCena My microwave makes *ding* every time, because it old one with the timer, so you can't just cancel it without making ding T_T
when you turn on the tv at night and the sound is too loud
I wish you included Yao's part
"I'll get that arrow, pretty boy, and I'll do it with my shirt ON"
But anyway great vid as always.
“I am Yao, King of the Rock, and there’s nothing you girls can do about it!”
I liked the brazilian dub "I'm getting it, hunk. And keep looking cuz I won't even break a sweat"
didn't know that was he line till i watched it with subtitles, funniest line in the movie imo
I miss the second half of that, thank you for that.
Give every single line from the trio a win 😂
"I love how over-the-top the gender roles are here."
Thing is, by Ancient/old China standards, they really weren't. In marriage, a girl was/is expected to leave her family and enter her husband's; she lives with her new family and for all purposes is part of their family now - her interactions with her blood family would be strictly limited. In contrast, men grew up to contribute financially to their family, stay with them, and continue the family line (which was a big deal).
Even accepted grounds for divorce included "not bearing a son", IIRC
That is so sad, especially because the gender of a baby is attributed by the father, not the mother.
not only that, even though in western countries the last names of the children is often the father, some children also have the choice to take their mother's last name, but in china (and even more so ancient china) ALL children took their fathers' last names, and names were a big deal (as seen when they call the names of the families out for drafting). the names hold meaning, honour, and is practically the living epitome of the phrase "do not disgrace the family name".
therefore back then, sons continue that honour, while daughters basically become a part of someone else's family, causing essentially all chinese families to only want sons. (even now, but of course, less so)
correct me if im wrong, but it got to the point when during china's law regarding one child only per family, there were SO MANY female chinese infants being put up for adoption to be adopted in the states (or other foreign countries) as those chinese couples did not want a daughter to be their only child, which in itself, is quite horrifying and terrible. not to mention the one child law wasn't even in ancient china.
@Linde Muller thats not quite true. It is the ovum what decides on which one gets to enter 😅
"How many men are necessary to deliver a message" is easily the best line in this movie. It instantly establishes how dishonorable and simultaneously evil the main villain is and raises the stakes at play.
One detail I love is when Mulan shakes Ling’s hand, she hands it to him like he’s gonna kiss it instead of shake it. I love little details like that. Also, let’s appreciate that Mulan took a sword blow from a guy that can slice pillars like butter.
That armor probably saved her life. I call that an accuracy win. Armor never seems to work in movies
Skye reave that’s true and even though the blow from a man like that would’ve cut anyone else clean in half, you gotta love the attention to detail that it wasn’t in the joints where armor needs room to breathe. Shan Yu took a chance on fatally wounding Mulan even though there is more armor around the midsection.
*oop- Mulan was SAVAGELY friend zoned*
Badass scene of the whole movie, parrying a sword with a fucking fan.
When Mulan reaches out to shake Ling's hand, she offers her own like a lady would, not like a man. I always liked that detail.
Another detail that I love is that when Shang had Mulan's sword, Ling, Chien Po, and Yao all rush in to stop him from possibly killing her.
Yes, even though they just found out she's a girl. Such a nice touch.
"The greatest gift and honor is having you for a daughter" boi this deserves at least 10 wins
destroys me every time
Ah, Mulan - the only Disney "princess" with a body count (so far).
eh she is more of a warrior than a per se princess
@@rose_linniw Hense, the quotation marks.
Would Moana and Elsa count? I mean one killed a bunch of coconuts and the other killed her sister...temporarily.
Welcome to the Kill Count, where we tally up the victims in all our favorite movies! I'm James A. Janisse, and today we're going to be looking at Mulan, released in 1998.
Matpat would like to have a word with you.
In regards to the "black and white" joke with the panda, a "black and white" is a nickname for a standard police squad car. That line really just feels like one Eddie Murphy probably ad libbed that made it into the final movie.
That was always my thought. Figured he was calling himself a servant of the state, officer of the law, that kind of thing.
In the UK, our standard police cars are known as "panda cars". Which makes it a little funny as a Brit too. Not that I knew this when I was 7-8 years old.
You should do Brother Bear. It's IMO criminally underrated, it's fun, it has a cool setting and a really mature, touching and strong (albeit very dark for a Disney movie) plot.
Yes! I looove that movie so much!
The soundtrack is amazing too 👌
Oh I love that movie!
What is the plot of Brother Bear?
Atlantis, Brother Bear, Treasure Island, Kiss the Frog and Mulan are my favorite movies from the Disney franchise, from the 2D animated one at least
They have great songs, beautiful and complex stories and a more progressive mind compared to Disney movies like Cinderella, SnowWhite and even Little Mermaid
Granny's "Would you like to stay forever?" EASILY should have been 10 points. I've watched this film countless times since it came out and every time it makes me laugh.
YES
and when she sees Shang "ooh! sign me up for the next war!"
I like how he HAS to give at least one win for anyone's abs whether animated or not 😂
He has good tastes! I'd do the same thing
"You don't meet a girl like her every dynasty" lmao!
Same as what Genie said about Jasmine ^^
There WERE Feminists in the 1. and 2. Century.
History just made sure to forget them - ON PURPOSE.
No kidding.
@@slevinchannel7589 No shit Sherlock
No lie, when I was little I misunderstood what he said. For years I wondered what exactly "Dina's Day" was. 🤦♂️
there is not one time that I haven't teared when Mulan's father said "the greatest gift and honor is having you for a daughter".
“Everything great about Mulan”
Not the remake.
Everything great about Milan
Everything wrong with Milan 2
@@selwaputrus6638 The italians are building another one?
I know a year and some change late(just stumbled across this channel, going through the backlog), but, as my Mom pointed out to me, The only good thing about the remake is the fact that whenever someone points out to Mulan's dad that he has two daughters, his IMMEDIATE response to go " I was *BLESSED* with two daughters"
@@zephrina1188 : I actually like the live action of this film..
@@slcRN1971 TF is wrong with you?
Hey just something I noticed, but Mu Shu was only able to create sparks in the first half of the movie.
He only started to create flames like a traditional dragon after confessing to
Mulan about his true intentions
Not true. He clearly was breathing flames when Mulan used him to light the cannon and that was before he confessed to Mulan.
She kinda pushed it out of him though, used him like a fire cannon hehe
@robonaught he didn't exactly create flames, just some sparks enough to light the fuse.
@@robonaught it started as sparks though, and Mulan literally push it out of him lmao
05:03
The Tofu-Joke is an actual Buddhist chant known as "Na Mo A Mi Tuo Fo Shin Di". "Namo" roughly means " I bow to", and "A Mi Tuo Fo" is a transliteration of the sanskrit "Amitabha" to chinese. Amitabha is translatable as "infinite light". Amitabha is actually a Buddhist monk who achieved the level of Buddha.
But the Tofu-Joke was a pretty good one ;)
this is what i thought too, as the chant sounded familiar but i didn’t know what to write to back up my gut feeling that it’s an actual buddhist chant first, and perhaps a tofu joke second!
Thanks for commenting this. I was going to do it too and it was initially disappointing that cinemawins, who usually does such a good job researching background information of different cultures missed this. But hey, we can't expect them to be perfect so its up to us to clarify when we can.
@@nebullae maybe it Sounds familiar because is also used in Avatar the last airbender. It is the theme for the lion turtle.
@@MisterNukular For ten years I have wondered what that chant meant. I cant believe I never figured it out as a Buddhist phrase.
@@legitimatemedicine figured it out myself just a couple of months ago😅
Advisor: ORDER! ORDER!
Random recruit: I’d like a pan fried noodle.
🤣🤣🤣
Aaaand now I'm hungry for lo mein.
I always loved the fact that Mulan never really uses swords as intended in this movie. She is seen punching and disarming so it's not like the movie erases all violence from her, and yes I'm aware it's a movie meant for kids but this is Disney we're talking about--there were plenty of PG-friendly ways to make her use the weapon directly against another person if the animators and writers wanted to. The movie draws attention whenever Mulan's holding a sword and always uses that opportunity to reiterate that the way she fights is fundamentally different from how a soldier would fight.
7:21 A "Black and White" is another term for a taxi, so the joke is that the soldier took a cab instead of a horse.
It is more likely referring to a Police Car, which in many places is black and white.
"Then you realize the first thing they see is the doll, meaning now they have a 'girl' worth fighting for..."
Goosebumps
Wait...did you really pull a "Comedy comes in threes" with the Sezchuan Sauce joke? I love you
I like how it's cut off a little sooner each time too
"YOU WILL NEVER BRING YOUR FAMILY HONOR"
Zuko: 💧👁️👄👁️
You mean 💧👁👄💥
@@Acrylic69 lmaooo
I can't say how many times I've watched this movie but you only just made me realize that there's only four songs in the entire thing. Like, what? For a disney /musical/ that sounds ridiculous but each is exactly what it should be and is used so skillfully for that part of the story!
Psst, The Lion King only has five.
That’s how these songs become memorable, well expected and a good pace.
I feel like having a dozen show stopping songs wasn’t a thing until modern Disney. The originals didn’t have many - and that’s what made it so refreshing to hear them. (Not saying this in a “bahhh nostalgia” way, as there are many things I really like about modern Disney films - but having to stop the plot every five minutes to sing about building an ice castle or something isn’t quite my cup of tea lol)
@@Silentgrace11 Feel the same way! Most of the old songs helped progress the plot, but now the modern songs just feel like a cash grab (*cough* I'm looking at YOU, Into the Unknown and Let It Go).
@@Silentgrace11 I feel like Moana is the worst contender for this lol. Not that I didn't like the movie but there was a song like every 10 minutes. But half of them were just vocalizations in the background without actual singing or cool/emotional reprises.
Couple fun facts:
Shan-Yu's black scleras reference an actual procedure (don't know if the Huns/Mongolians used it) of tattooing them black. That's a thing.
Mulan disarming Shen-Yu with her fan references a form of martial art that uses fans in that style.
Yay research!
Tattoeing your eyes black, meaning willingly let someone get needles close to your eyes, must be the most over the top badass thing any villain can pull out.
wow…after seeing a news about someone tattooed her scleras black and get blind... that’s pretty impressive to achieve this in ancient times. I don’t think Huns/Mongolians have the mood for it though.
And I thought getting a fork tongue and scarification were the only painful ways to change your appearance for the sake of style
The trivia section for this movie on IMDb is eye-opening.
Only fans?
You should make an Everything Great About The Prince of Egypt, it’s a criminally underrated masterpiece and I would to hear what you have to say about it.
1,000,000 for the soundtrack alone. And another million for the cast.
It could even work since the film's arguably Biblical, but not religious (God is certainly at work in the story, but faith never really comes up and the plot is much more focused on Moses and Ramis)
I wish you had spent some time on that transition after " A Girl Worth Fighting For", or given it more wins. It marks such a huge transition in the movie, symbolizing the loss of innocence. It really is the turning point of the movie.
7:08 - When Ling extends his right hand to shake Mulan's hand, she extends her left hand, almost like she was expecting him to kiss her hand rather than shake it. Interesting...
Also, Grandma was voiced by the late June Foray, arguably the greatest voice-over artist apart from the legendary Mel Blanc - even animation director Chuck Jones famously said, "June Foray wasn't the female Mel Blanc; Mel Blanc was the male June Foray." Her career was so prolific she started in radio, which is the oldest medium for voice work, and was literally doing roles for video games in her later years, which is the newest medium.
I'll let you off this time, but henceforth, June Foray should always be a win ;)
Uhh, watching that just now made my uncomfortably aware of how her harm bends like spaghetti when Ling shakes it. He has extremely defined joints while her whole arm just wobbles along. That looked pretty disgusting actually XD
Wasn't she also the voice of the cat Lucifer in the original "Cinderella?"
@@aurorajof9857 *quick Google search
Yep. She was. Not surprised.
@@TheLukeMonster that's awesome! I never would've guessed lucifer was voiced by a human woman and not by an actual cat. She did Frank Welker's job before he did
Holy geez! I never noticed the hand thing!!
CinemaWins, you just murdered me with the thing about them going from singing about a girl worth fighting for to the doll. That literally killed me. I’m a ghost now.
Just like the owner of that doll. Too soon?
Yes!
Much too soon
Sayonara 👻
Ghost eh? Interesting. How's life on the other side?
Wait, so you're telling me there are only 4 SONGS in this entire film. And all of them are amazing.
One more win for that moment when Mulan's father and mother are silhouetted against the rice paper window - he tells her she's leaving to go to war, she turns away distraught and he blows out the oil lamp. Gorgeous moment and the perfect lead in to Mulan's moment of decision!
"You will never bring your family honor!"
Zuko: That's rough buddy
Mulan hugs Emperor.
Yao: Is she allowed to do that?
Shang/Ling/Chien Po: 🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️
😂😂
The only win we need is that _it's nothing like the live-action remake._
I love that the Grandmother in this movie is voiced by the late and prolific June Foray, who voiced Granny Gummi in the first-ever made-for-television Disney series, 'The Adventures of the Gummi Bears'.
The earliest I recall seeing someone ride a shield down a snowy hillside would be from Willow (1988), wherein Willow (Warwick Davis) and Madmartigan (Val Kilmer) have a whole shieldborne downhill sequence as they escape from the villain's army on black horses.
The tossing of the sword and Imperial Seal hits me on a whole new level understanding it’s value. 2 items that literally makes them one of the most honorable/famous families in China, one of those items literally being handed to her by the emperor himself, usually a diplomat would give gift.
And the father tosses it aside as if we’re trash only caring about the safety and wellness of his daughter. Oh and the Emperor bows to her (I know it’s a cartoon) but does a formal 30 degrees bow and proceeds to hold it. I understand it’s a cartoon but the fact that they’re able to make something like this during their time.
Even better than the Emperor bowing to Mulan is the fact that in response everyone else kowtows, because if the Emperor bows they would have to show an even greater level of deference or risk making it seem they were on the same level as the Emperor.
Im unfamiliar with the significance of the 30 degree bow. Would you mind explaining?
@@kurzedificio generally deeper the bow the more respect you are giving to the person you bow to.
Kurz Towers Obviously someone with the title of Emperor doesn’t have to bow to anybody. The most a person can get from the Emperor that you can brag about is a head nod or a smile from him but she gets a bow that even surpasses when you have to introduce yourself to the emperor which is a head bow and a 10 degree tilt. So the difference in degrees makes a difference and also social class, which is why the peasant class bows all the way to the knees.
I think it's a good thing that Mulan doesn't join the army "because Feminism" but rather to protect someone she loves and respects. Like my favorite book series is Protector of the Small which is about a girl's journey to become a Knight in a society where a girl doing it was only declared legal a few years ago. She doesn't do it because she's trying to be non-conformist or trying to change people's attitudes, she does it because she was inspired by her mother to protect the weak and innocent, and it's that motivation that leads to her becoming one of the best.
Those are good books and Kel is an amazing character.
@@polyhymnia701 Yeah. She's awesome :D
That's also why I don't think she needs to be an LGBT symbol either. She disguises as a boy not because she feels the need to be a boy, but because that is the only way to do what is right. A women can can be straight and still be strong and independent. On the side of representation, I feel like Elsa is a much stronger case for it, because to try to apply it to Mulan just because she joins the army as a guy would diminish the impact of her taking it into her own hands not for the sake of empowerment, but because that is just who she is.
Nothing wrong with doing it because we want to not conform.
@@trictok4418 As long as it's not your best reason.
i love how you pointed out the mountain and rain and erosion, because "ulan" actually means "rain" in Filipino and we sometimes make memes about Mulan's name, and it just made me laugh even tho I know that it wasn't intentional on anybody's part 😂
"Would you like to stay forever?" That grandma is iconic 😂
Ok, but "HE WAS THREE FEET FROM YOU" is totally worth a win. As are ALL of Mushu's lines.
And his entrance line I LIIIIIIVE
What I love is that Shan-Yu doesn't question that Mulan is a warrior when she reveals herself to him, he just recognizes her as the soldier from the avalanche.
I know, right? Such a great moment.
I'm adding: Ming Na-Wen is always a win.
One of the main reason I love this movie is how Shan Yu was created.
1. He doesn't sing.
2. He actually felt scary.
3. He doesn't sing.
4. He did not underestimate Mulan and even saw her as more of a threat than Shang.
5. He doesn't sing.
6. His sword is awesome.
7. His army isn't comedy relief sidekicks, but seasoned, experienced warriors. He even (I think) mourned for them after the avalanche.
8... HE DOESN'T SING!!
But that's just my opinion.
I just love how wholesome Mulan's relation with her father is. Her MO has always been "fulfill societal duty, bring honor to her family/father, filial piety", which is incredibly Chinese, and she did precisely that, only through unconventional means. She went to war not because she thinks she's a badass, but because she genuinely cares about her father's wellbeing. Top notch filial piety and familial love there. Respectively, her father was not even a bit mad when she failed miserably at the matchmaking. He understands that she has struggles, and is worried not because he wants to change her (although he would definitely appreciate that lol), but because he geniunely cares about her wellbeing. Incredibly touching to someone (me) who has cosmic sized Asian daddy issue...
11:47 Don’t forget that Mulan disarmed Shanyu with *just a fan!* The very symbol of her femininity since the beginning of the film! And the fan combined with her incredible resourcefulness and basic combat training in a split second decision speaks to the epitome of her character. Backed into a corner, with no more options left, she’s able to disarm the greatest threat to her country; the biggest, strongest, scariest enemy she’s ever faced... with ‘just a fan’ as ‘just a woman’ that couldn’t compare to the might of the hierarchy. She’s mastered herself. She understands how to combine the best sides of herself. The masculine with the feminine. She’s no longer lost. She knows her reflection now. She did finally bloom. *She’s herself.* The whole movie was leading up to this very important moment! 😍 I love it!
Plus, the whole conversation with her dad is so beautiful! 😭
@jordan bellfort like you said, "it's a movie, grow up" why don't you do that yourself?
Having both parents alive was a huge win that was missed. Especially an old Disney movie
Mulan influenced me the most as a kid. I was an *EXTREMELY* shy, nervous, awkward, and insecure kid. But I watched Mulan and I fell in love. Mulan's story and the fact that she was a strong women inspired me. I became more outgoing, less awkward, more confident. It wasn't much at all (in fact I've only recently seen an improvement for all the stuff I listed thanks to therapy) but the biggest change was that it helped me stop getting picked on. I was bullied a lot as a kid but Mulan's story inspired me to stand up for myself. I haven't been bullied since I was 8. Thank you so much for doing this. And thank you Disney for making the movie that inspired me so much.
How about a win for that soldier who faces Shan Yu, lights the signal fire, and mouths off to him?
12:14 I believe "They sometimes bow down to the winds of change." Is what you were looking for :)
Why won't Disney make more animated movies like these? With the technology we have now, it should be much easier and of higher quality.
CGI is cheaper and the last hand-drawn movie (Princess and the Frog) didn't make Frozen levels of cash.
i still hope they try to go back to it if we advocate for it well enough
@@Kladyos 2d cgi is a thing. And judging by how long it's been since the last hand drawn movie, if they release one now, people will be heavily anticipating it
Aside from the numerous Mushu zings missed, the moment when Mulan hugs the Emperor and Yao is like ‘is she allowed to do that?’ Is a great moment
Cinema Wins Road to El Dorado!! A super under appreciated movie that needs to be praised! Please if you would Mr. Wins!
Love that movie!!!
Super surprised he hasn't already done this one, its an amazing movie
Oh this needs to happen
That ending is just.... So bad
Yes!
things you didn’t mention that you probably would’ve liked:
- Shan Yu doesnt mention that she’s a woman but instead acknowledges that she’s a soldier since the Huns respected the woman as equals (read from a tumblr post so idk if it’s completely true)
- bisexual shang
I think its a bit BS shang was "bisexual", the movie never really showed he had infatuation for Mulan during her ruse.
He didn't even really show romantic attraction to her (or her to him) until the sequel, and I think during her ruse he mostly just noticed how much further she'd come compared to her comrades and was like, "Hey, this guy gets it, he's actually pretty good!"
He never liked her though early on
The Huns had both male and female soldiers so dw ur not wrong
Shan yu actually has tattooed eyes-- it's not an illness or whatever-- it just does to show how more badass he is.
I always figured the "black and white" comment in reference to the panda was a play on police cars being called "black and whites." And the panda being black and white. Like a police car. Also, great video, as always!
Also, I am pretty sure that certain types of cows are called(not named) black-and-whites, which fits with Mushu's misconception of "riding animals" being cows.
A fact you didn't mention that I believe was a brilliant choice, is that during the training montage, Mulan goes from being behind everyone else to ahead of them, sparring personally with the Commanding Officer, and even running ahead of him, at no point was she actually an equal member of the team. That led to them being more accepting of her abandonment, only later standing up to defend her after they'd fought equally in the palace, when they played her role instead of her playing their's.
he does say she surpassed them in several ways.
Its because they did a proper female hero . They didn't have incompetent males and a Mary Sue. That was how female heros used to be written . And just like in the movie g.i. Jane, Mulan didn't whin and cry about the world isnt fair and how everything should change to service her , she maned up and accepted the challenge . I wish these things were still taught today and not frowned upon .
@@dimsumnimsum5425 These things were never taught in america, atleast not in places that didnt have a sexual studies class (which are kinda 50/50 on whether or not they talk about the right things). lessons like the one Mulan teaches were only told through stories like that or through personal accounts of people who did achieve success on their own through all the troubles. While women actualy have a lot of rights these days in terms of being able to do shit (even more so when it comes to court cases), a lot of the higher ups in companies are sociopaths, and sexism is a common trait in sociopaths of both gender, so its harder to rise higher for people who's big boss is of a opposite gender in most cases. The World ISN'T fair, but not because of Common Bias, its unfair because a lot of the more loud and powerful people make it unfair so they can stay in popularity/power (not to mention it is legit harder these days for younger people to move up in the world thanks to the minimum wage vs cost of living being very much not balanced well at all.) Age Bias is bigger then most these days when it comes to moving up in the world.
@@KumaChrisVT You have a lot of good points, though I think the difficulty with upward mobility has less to do with minimum wave vs. cost of living (which has *never* been balanced and wasn't supposed to be balanced) and more to do with over-saturation of the job market. Decades of telling kids that a college education is *necessary* and that only certain *white-collar* jobs are acceptable has finally caught up with us. Likely exacerbated by the recent economic downturn leading to a lot of older people not retiring, thus not leaving openings for younger folks to step in.
Christian Griswold Have nothing wrong against your comment, just find it funny that there’s been a focal point on Mulan battling gender issues and you used “man’d up.”
I get what you’re saying, it’s just funny that that phrase is used.
Matchmaker: “You will NEVER bring your family HONOR!!!”
*Zuko has entered chat*
Oh look! What’s that? I think it’s your honor.
Where?!
I kind of always figured the 'Black and White' oanda joke was Mushu being audacious and trying to convince Chin that a panda was a perfectly ordinary horse that was not worth a second look.
The Zuko jokes are funny until you realize that Mulan’s dad didn’t care about honor near as much as cared about Mulan being safe
16:01 - "There are 3 things all wise men fear: the sea in a storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man."
If Chien Po got mad, he's The Hulk
Maybe the dragon warrior...
2:16 Mulan is the only one who the emperor (the mountain) bows to. Earlier in the movie she brought down a mountain with the smarts. Mulan’s smarts also saved China. Her smarts are the reason mountains bend for her.
Nice catch...
So, the mountain bends for explosives. Mulan's a cannon? XD
Naw, it isn't necessarily intelligence, Shang has that and more training and education-- Mulan is cunning and thinks OUTSIDE the box of society and gives them a new way to look at things, a womans perspective per say
When Shang arrives to fight Shan-Yu, the Emperor immediately walks away like the ensuing fight doesn't phase him. That part always makes me laugh.
5:07 his chant that includes tofu is actually a very garbled version of a REAL chant. Omituofuo. I chant it when I get nervous for no apparent reason...
"I'm curious to see how the remake handles all these things" oh, you mean how it just flat out doesn't? ...yeah.
I'm in the same boat as you. My 2 year old will stop everything and watch mulan. As I watch this she stopped playing and climbed up in my lap to watch this. Because she thought I was watching it without her.
You missed an a very hidden detail, when Mushu was told to "wake the mighty protector (or was it dragon)." You get the dragon statue that nothing happens too, because that isn't the great protector. You see the dragon symbol many times before and after that seen (3-5 times?) and the symbol only appears next Mulan and only by Mulan saying that Mulan was the Great Protector of not just the family, but the nation. The prophecy was still true even though it was misread.